"Master, please eat more! You haven't had a good meal these days. This pine nut mandarin fish is your favorite." Seeing Liu Qing put the bowl and chopsticks, Mrs. Ai advised in a low voice.
"Madam, you can eat! I have eaten for my husband." Liu Qing has no appetite. The bodies of the eldest brother and the second brother have not been found until now. The first seven will be the day after tomorrow.
If we can't find it tomorrow, we will have no choice but to use the burial mound and hold a funeral ceremony first to bury him in peace.
"Master, there is a funeral tomorrow, and I asked you to send someone to notify Yinger, but Yinger hasn't arrived yet! Have you sent someone?" Mrs. Ai couldn't persuade her, so she asked about another thing that worried her.
thing.
Why hasn't Liu Ying, my eldest daughter from a foreign marriage, arrived yet? There will be a funeral tomorrow at home.
"I've sent someone to inform me a long time ago. There may have been some delay. I'll be here in the afternoon! Ying'er knows what's important, so you don't have to worry about it." The eldest daughter, Liu Ying, married the son of the chief arrester of Linxian County the year before last.
She would come here every year and festival to show her filial piety, and she was very well-behaved and sensible. Liu Qing was not too worried about his daughter.
"Master, madam..." Liu Qing and his wife saw the old slave Yang and shouted loudly as they ran inside. They were all surprised. Yang had been a slave in the escort agency for decades and had always acted steadily. They didn't know why he was so panicked.
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"What's going on!" Liu Qing asked with a frown, thinking that there was something bad going on.
"Master, the second young master is back," Yang Shang said breathlessly, and handed the jade pendant to Liu Qing with both hands.
"What did you say?" Liu Qing didn't understand for a moment and was confused.
Mrs. Ai immediately stood up, hurriedly walked around the dining table, took the jade pendant from the old slave's hand, and looked at it carefully. When she saw the word "Liu Yu" engraved on the pure white jade pendant, she excitedly turned back to Liu Qing and said:
"Master, it's Yu'er, Yu'er is back."
Liu Qing came to his senses, took the jade pendant and asked Yang, "Where is Yu'er?"
"Master, at the gate..." Before Yang could finish speaking, Liu Qing and his wife trotted out.
Liu Yu stood in front of the gate, trying hard to recall the vague faces of his parents in his memory. He was excited and a little panicked. At the same time, he was a little worried, wondering what happened to the escort agency.
"Yu'er!"
Liu Yu followed the voice and a group of people poured out from the door. The first one was a middle-aged woman in white mourning clothes, with tears falling on her white and solemn face. Following closely behind, a middle-aged woman in white Confucian clothes.
The majestic face of the young man was unbearably excited, and behind him were a group of servants in plain clothes.
"Yu'er! I'm my mother! Let me take a good look at you." After Mrs. Ai came closer, she grabbed Liu Yu's hand and put it in her palm, looking at Liu Yu carefully.
"Yu'er! You're back." Liu Qing was so happy that she didn't know where to start.
I haven't seen him for more than ten years, and my child has grown up. He is a talented and majestic person. I think Liu Yu was only seven years old when he left home. My wife cried for a long time.
"Father, mother, children are unfilial." Liu Yu was surrounded by Liu Qing and his wife and felt very cordial. She knelt down and saluted them to show her unfilial piety of not being able to be with her parents for many years.
"Yu'er, get up quickly." Liu Qing and his wife quickly helped Liu Yu up.
"Third brother, is this Yu'er?" At this time, the eldest lady Wang and the second lady Song, who came over after hearing this, asked Liu Qing.
The two of them heard that the servant came to report that the third uncle's child was back, so they hurried over. Liu Yu went to Huangsheng Mountain to practice immortal magic. They were not outsiders, so they naturally knew about it.
"Sister-in-law, yes, that is my son Liu Yu." Mrs. Ai replied excitedly.
"Yu'er, this is the eldest aunt, and this is the second aunt." Liu Qing pointed at Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Song and introduced.
"Hello, eldest aunt, hello, second aunt." Liu Yu quickly bowed to salute the two aunts.
"Okay, okay, okay." Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Song approached and patted Liu Yu, smiling. They had heard bad news these days, and both of them burst into tears. Finally, there was something happy. It was boring.
My heart felt a little more relaxed.
Then Liu Qing began to introduce to Liu Yu the other relatives present. There were the daughters of Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Song, who were Liu Yu's cousins. There were also the wives of the two ladies, who were Liu Yu's sisters-in-law.
The family started talking, and the passers-by gathered around to watch the fun, and the servants in the mansion who came after hearing the news also started talking about it.
"Mother." Suddenly there was a cry from a distance. Three fast horses were galloping towards me.
The first one is a gorgeous woman wearing a scarlet brocade robe and holding a cyan sword. Followed closely by are two men, an old man and a young man, both holding long swords in their hands. The older one is wearing a gray robe and has slightly white temples.
, but his face is rosy and he does not look old. The young man is dressed in blue clothes, has a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, and is tall and powerful.
"It's Ying'er, sir." When Mrs. Ai saw the gorgeous woman, she knew it was her daughter at a glance.
In the front is Liu Qing's daughter Liu Ying, and in the back are Liu Ying's husband Diao Ren and Diao Ren's father Diao Yitian.
Diao Yitian appeared as the chief arrester of Asahara County and was promoted to the sixth rank. His powerful wind-breaking knife had long been known in the world. In his early years, he had single-handedly wiped out a group of thieves. He was still an old acquaintance with the three brothers Liu Qing, and later Liu Ying married Diao Ren.
Later, the two became in-laws and their friendship became even deeper.
This time Diao Yitian postponed his official duties and came together because he knew that Liuyun Escort Bureau was short of manpower and came to help. This is why Liu Ying delayed coming to Liuyun Escort Bureau after receiving the notice.
The three of them arrived quickly, and reined in the ropes to stop the fast horse. Seeing that the handsome horse had not yet stopped, Liu Ying jumped up, landed and ran towards Mrs. Ai.
Liu Qing came forward, hugged his hands and said, "Brother Diao, you're all right. I'm very grateful that you came." When Liu Qing called for notification, he only asked Liu Ying to go home and didn't want her in-laws to come too.
This muddy water.
"Brother Xian, you are out of sight now." Diao Yitian dismounted and approached Liu Qing and said with a smile.
"Father-in-law, please accept my respects from my son-in-law." Diao Ren, who had a slightly darker complexion, saluted and said.
"Ren'er, no need to be polite, I'll go over and introduce you to Ying'er's younger brother, my son Liu Yu." Liu Qing helped Diao Ren up and said.
"Brother Xian, you are saying that your child who went to study abroad has come back." Diao Yitian knew that Liu Qing had a son for a long time, but he had never met him in person. He said that he was sent to study abroad when he was very young.
"Mom, what are you doing here, are you here to welcome me?" Liu Ying asked, holding Mrs. Ai's hand and shaking it.
"You! You are not ashamed." Mrs. Ai was helpless against this naughty daughter.
This girl has been active since she was a child. Unlike other women, she has no interest in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She dances with swords and guns all day long, and is often beaten by Liu Qing, but she does not repent, and later she can no longer control her.
"Yu'er, this is your sister, do you still remember?" Mrs. Ai pointed at Liu Ying and said with a smile.
"Sister!" Liu Yu bent down and saluted her sister with clasped fists.
Liu Yu has some memories of this eldest sister in her family, as she seemed to have been bullied a lot when she was a child.
"Little nerd?" Liu Ying was stunned after hearing her mother's words.
She was so happy after seeing her mother that she didn't even notice that there was a strange man standing next to her mother. She never expected that this young and handsome man could be her younger brother who had been away from home for many years. She thought of her younger brother who would not open the door every day when she was a child.
He went out and stayed in the study, reading and practicing calligraphy. This made me very unhappy, so I gave him a nickname.